We want to talk right down to earth
In a language that everybody here can easily understand

What you and I need to do is learn to forget our differences
So we all realize that we have this common enemy
Then we unite on the basis of what we have in common

So what we have to do is what they did
They agreed to stop quarreling among themselves

It's incredible that one man
Could build up so much momentum
That in his death
His inertia spawned a generation

It was plain for them to see
What he meant to you and me
But one to the chin and one to the chest
Couldn't stop the movement

And his name is Malcolm X

Here!
Isn this holy place
We come to bear witness to a man
Who means so much to us
To those of you who never knew Malcolm X
You may consider him a militant
A radical
A terrorist

But to those of you who ever once read anything that he wrote
Or ever heard him speak
Or ever held his hand
You would know him for what he truly was
A prince
Our own shining prince
Who gave his life because he loved us so

When you study the historic nature of revolutions
The motive of a revolution
The objective of a revolution
And the result of a revolution
And the methods used in a revolution

You may change words
You may devise another program
You may change your goal
And you may change your mind

When I was in prison I read an article and
Don't be shocked when I say I was in prison
You're still in prison

You haven't got a revolution that doesn't involve bloodshed
And you're afraid to bleed
I said, you're afraid to bleed